Buckwheat Chocolate Torte

It’s my birthday week! Among my favorite gifts rolling in was this generous box of bittersweet chocolate baking bars from Sarris Chocolates, to whom I dedicate this post.

sarris chocolates

I decided to use the bars to bake a healthy chocolate torte with buckwheat. Gluten-free dessert that tastes amazing! Such a success. Last time I tried to make a torte, it was torture (see the Sachertorte fiasco). This recipe was a cinch. The buckwheat and almond flour create the perfect light-textured matrix to suspend the chocolate. Tastes like heaven with a scoop of praline ice cream, too. Thank you, Sarris!

buckwheat torte

Buckwheat Chocolate Torte

Adapted from Martha Stewart Living

1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1/4 cup blanched almonds

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate (72 percent cacao), coarsely chopped

1/3 cup buckwheat flour

1/4 teaspoon coarse salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

4 large eggs, room temperature

3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan. Line with parchment. Spread almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and golden brown, about 15 minutes.

buckwheat almonds for flour

Let cool completely. Meanwhile, in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water, melt butter and chocolate together. Let cool.

buckwheat sarris choc

In a food processor, process almonds until coarse. Add buckwheat flour, salt, and cinnamon; process until fine.

In a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk eggs and brown sugar on high speed until thick and pale, about 6 minutes.

buckwheat eggs whipped

Fold in chocolate mixture, then flour mixture. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until cake is puffed and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

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Let cool 10 minutes on a wire rack. Release sides of pan and remove cake; let cool completely on rack. Serve, with ice cream. Get out your maracas. Feliz Cumpleanos a Mi.

feliz cumple

2 thoughts on “Buckwheat Chocolate Torte

  1. Goodness, I though I missed you a lot before, but did you have to declare the year of chocolate? Maybe, it could have been the year of lima beans?

  2. Happy, happy, happy Birthday Week to you, my beloved friend, fellow chocolate lover, and baker extraordinaire! What a fantastic creation your latest and greatest is, I love the looks of this! Also, how cool is it that chocolate companies are sending you products, a great milestone for a blogger if you ask me! Keep celebrating all week, all month, all year!

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